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I love to see the kids enjoying simple things like the twisted balloon toys, instead of the sophisticated computer games or portal video game, or even the giant “fear machines” in the fun fairs and amusement parks.
The balloon twisting man was enjoying himself too. He was moving his body with music playing around us on the Greek Day. I was at Broadway last Sunday.
Being photographers, we love to enjoy simple things or simplicity in the world. What are simple joys from photography?
I think the simple joy of photography is to create meanings from your personal visual experience. When the meanings can resonate among others, it has the chance to become arts too.
But I can see more and more people being distracted by the technical qualities in a picture. How many times I have seen photographers using a full frame camera (or Leica or even medium format) and Zeiss superb prime lenses. And they will show you the pictures and tell you how rich the tones are, the perfect sharpness, the perfect exposure, the perfect bokeh, the wide dynamic range, and all the details in highlight and shadow etc.
Is a picture just all about technical qualities? I wonder if they forget why they took that picture at the beginning. I always think there is a great risk in using high end cameras. It is the risk that you will be amazed about the qualities produced by those cameras and at the end you are lost in the part of meaning.
Let’s have the simple joy of photography together!
Happy Tuesday!